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OTTAWA — Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is asking opposition MPs for “low- to no-cost ideas to grow the economy” that he’ll consider for the 2014 federal budget as the Conservatives try to squeeze more economic growth out of tighter purse strings.

OTTAWA — Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says there will be “no doubt” the government will balance the books as promised in 2015-16, pledging a significant surplus that year despite potentially billions of dollars in unanticipated federal disaster costs and downward pressure on revenues.

By Derek Abma
OTTAWA — Employment within Canada’s mining and petroleum extraction sector is continuing to grow, countering the country’s manufacturing industry where jobs are still disappearing, according to data from the 2011 National Household Survey.

OTTAWA — Thursday’s budget will improve job training, invest more in infrastructure and introduce new support for the manufacturing sector, says Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, as calls mount for governments and businesses to do more to connect skilled workers to jobs.

Paul Boothe, an economist, stepped down as deputy minister at Environment Canada in July, 2012. He is professor and director of the Lawrence National Centre for Policy and Management at The University of Western Ontario’s Ivey Business School.

OTTAWA — Sinking revenues are driving the federal deficit nearly $7 billion higher than was projected in the March budget and could delay the Conservative government from balancing the books until 2016-17, says the fall economic update released Tuesday.